Non-destructively resize ext3 on PPC

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Use qtparted...gui based and very simple to use. 


http://qtparted.sourceforge.net/screenshots.en.html

--- "Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D."
<joseph_sacco at comcast.net> wrote:

> Here's a thought:
> * plug in an external drive [USB, firewire]
> * use the external drive as a backup
> * do whatever you wish to the internal drive
> 
> -Joseph
> ==============================================
> On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 11:08, Cian Duffy wrote:
> > Laptop. Can't fit another HDD.....
> > 
> > Cian
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 08:00:05 -0800, Lewis Coleman
> <Coleman at tscnet.com> wrote:
> > > I would think the question should "Why should
> you resize a partition,
> > > when you can just buy another hard drive (cheap
> enough!!)?".  I would
> > > not want to risk losing some of my files by
> resizing a partition (I bet
> > > all the software says "Be sure to back up all
> your files!).
> > > 
> > > WAIT!!  I know why--Because we are all GEEKS!! 
> (I may not resize, but
> > > I do stuff just as dangerous!)
> > > 
> > >                   Cowardly Lewis
> > > 
> > > On Friday, January 7, 2005, at 07:29  PM, Felix
> Jodoin wrote:
> > > 
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> > > >
> > > > You can, with tools from Micromat,
> SubRosaSoft, and FWB (Although
> > > > Partition Toolkit sucked, I bought it and it
> only worked once). I have
> > > > no clue how to use parted.. I kind of wish
> fdisk had partition
> > > > resizing built in.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > - -Felix
> > > >
> > > > On 7-Jan-05, at 6:31 PM, Cian Duffy wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Sorry, just realised the reason that
> /sbin/parted wasn't finding
> > > >> anything was I was on OSX. D'oh!
> > > >>
> > > >> Has anyone sucessfully used this tool? I
> presume you can't use it on
> > > >> the disk you're running off....
> > > >>
> > > >> Cian
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 00:26:39 +0000, Cian Duffy
> <myob87 at gmail.com>
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >>> On Intel, you can non-destructively resize
> ext3 partitions. I'd like
> > > >>> to experiment with (OS that shall rename
> unnamed) on my iBook, and
> > > >>> due
> > > >>> to using my OSX pretty heavily, I'd like to
> shave a few gigs from my
> > > >>> YDL partitions. Are there any tools for
> Linux that can be used to do
> > > >>> this, non-destructively?
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Cian
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> --
> > > >>> ---------------------------
> > > >>> "We're busy running out of time"
> > > >>> Bernard Sumner, 1993
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >> ---------------------------
> > > >> "We're busy running out of time"
> > > >> Bernard Sumner, 1993
> > > >>
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